TEST BANK
Society: The Basics
John J. Macionis
17th edition
Chapters 1-17 (Questions with Verified Answers)
,Table of Contents
1. Sociology: Perspective, Theory and Method
2. Culture
3. Socialization: From Infancy to Old Age
4. Social Interaction in Everyday Life
5. Mass Media and Social Media: With an Early Look at Artificial Intelligence
6. Groups and Organizations
7. Sexuality and Society
8. Deviance
9. Social Stratification
10. Global Stratification
11. Gender Stratification
12. Race and Ethnicity
13. Economics and Politics
14. Family and Religion
15. Education, Health and Medicine
16. Population, Urbanization and Environment
17. Social Change: Modern and Postmodern Societies
,Chapter 1: Sociology: Perspective, Theory, and Method
In this revision of the test bank, I have updated all of the questions to reflect changes in Society:
The Basics, Sixteenth Edition and increased the number of questions by 50 percent so that this
test bank covers all the new material that has been added and better meets your needs. The
questions are tagged according to four levels of learning that move from lower-level to higher-
level cognitive reasoning. The four levels:
Recollection: a question involving recall of key terms or factual material
Understanding: a question testing comprehension of more complex ideas
Application: a question applying sociological knowledge to some new situation
, Analysis: a question requiring identifying elements of an argument and their interrelationship
The 279 questions in this chapter’s test bank are divided into four types. True/False questions
are the least demanding. As the table below shows, two-thirds of these are “Recollection”
questions, and all of them fall within the lowest three levels of cognitive reasoning
(“Recollection,” “Understanding,” and “Application”). Multiple-choice questions span a
broader range of skills (almost half are “Recollection” questions and the remainder are divided
among the three higher levels). Short-answer questions also span a broad range of skills (from
“Understanding” to “Analysis”). Finally, essay questions are the most demanding because they
require analysis and other higher levels of cognitive reasoning.
Types of Questions
True/False Multiple Short Answer Essay Total Qs
Choice
Recollection 60 (70%) 71 (49%) 6 (19%) 0 137
Understanding 19 (22%) 22 (15%) 9 (28%) 0 50
Application 7 (8%) 30 (20%) 5 (16%) 3 (20%) 45
Analysis 0 23 (16%) 12 (38%) 12 (80%) 47
86 146 32 15 279
Chapter 1: Sociology: Perspective, Theory, and Method
TRUE/FALSE QUESTIONS
1. Most people in the United States marry partners whose racial and ethnic identity differs from their
own.
Answer: False
Learning Objective: LO 1.1: Apply the sociological perspective to show how society shapes our
individual lives.
Topic: The Sociological Perspective
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Recollection
2. According to sociologists, human behavior reflects our personal —free will.‖
Society: The Basics
John J. Macionis
17th edition
Chapters 1-17 (Questions with Verified Answers)
,Table of Contents
1. Sociology: Perspective, Theory and Method
2. Culture
3. Socialization: From Infancy to Old Age
4. Social Interaction in Everyday Life
5. Mass Media and Social Media: With an Early Look at Artificial Intelligence
6. Groups and Organizations
7. Sexuality and Society
8. Deviance
9. Social Stratification
10. Global Stratification
11. Gender Stratification
12. Race and Ethnicity
13. Economics and Politics
14. Family and Religion
15. Education, Health and Medicine
16. Population, Urbanization and Environment
17. Social Change: Modern and Postmodern Societies
,Chapter 1: Sociology: Perspective, Theory, and Method
In this revision of the test bank, I have updated all of the questions to reflect changes in Society:
The Basics, Sixteenth Edition and increased the number of questions by 50 percent so that this
test bank covers all the new material that has been added and better meets your needs. The
questions are tagged according to four levels of learning that move from lower-level to higher-
level cognitive reasoning. The four levels:
Recollection: a question involving recall of key terms or factual material
Understanding: a question testing comprehension of more complex ideas
Application: a question applying sociological knowledge to some new situation
, Analysis: a question requiring identifying elements of an argument and their interrelationship
The 279 questions in this chapter’s test bank are divided into four types. True/False questions
are the least demanding. As the table below shows, two-thirds of these are “Recollection”
questions, and all of them fall within the lowest three levels of cognitive reasoning
(“Recollection,” “Understanding,” and “Application”). Multiple-choice questions span a
broader range of skills (almost half are “Recollection” questions and the remainder are divided
among the three higher levels). Short-answer questions also span a broad range of skills (from
“Understanding” to “Analysis”). Finally, essay questions are the most demanding because they
require analysis and other higher levels of cognitive reasoning.
Types of Questions
True/False Multiple Short Answer Essay Total Qs
Choice
Recollection 60 (70%) 71 (49%) 6 (19%) 0 137
Understanding 19 (22%) 22 (15%) 9 (28%) 0 50
Application 7 (8%) 30 (20%) 5 (16%) 3 (20%) 45
Analysis 0 23 (16%) 12 (38%) 12 (80%) 47
86 146 32 15 279
Chapter 1: Sociology: Perspective, Theory, and Method
TRUE/FALSE QUESTIONS
1. Most people in the United States marry partners whose racial and ethnic identity differs from their
own.
Answer: False
Learning Objective: LO 1.1: Apply the sociological perspective to show how society shapes our
individual lives.
Topic: The Sociological Perspective
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Recollection
2. According to sociologists, human behavior reflects our personal —free will.‖
